berto, treestands are not REQUIRED by any means. I won't get in one (and I've got ALOT set around the farm I hunt) unless I'm absolutely wide awake! If I'm up there and feel even SLIGHTLY drowzy I get down. I actually favor ground blinds a bit more. Nothing like the "V" of a great big deadfall. On the ground you can rotate a heck of alot more than in atreestand where your rotation is limited.

I hunt Johnson County. Leave 11/20 am. I've heard alot of good stuff about Carroll (i.e. big bucks). Good luck this season.

Now....."Go Get Ya One!"

Uncle Matt